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A4139 • 2026

Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.

Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Murphy, Carol A.
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.

Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.
  • Topic: Military and Veterans' Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.
Topic:
Military and Veterans' Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4139

ASSEMBLY, No. 4139

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Scharfenberger

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to
DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans� Memorial Foundation for facilities
expansion.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and the General Assembly
of the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� In addition to the amounts
appropriated under P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2026, there is appropriated from the General Fund the
following amount for the purpose specified:

67 DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND

VETERANS AFFAIRS

80 Special Government Services

83 Services to Veterans

3610 Veterans� Program Support

GRANTS-IN-AID

50-3610� Veterans� Outreach
and Assistance ..................
$15,000,000

���������������� Total
Grants-in-Aid appropriation,���������������������������������������

������������������ Veterans�
Program Support ...........................
$15,000,000

Grants-in-Aid:

�������� 50��� New Jersey
Vietnam Veterans� Memorial Foundation�� ($15,000,000)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides a
supplemental appropriation of $15 million from the General Fund to the
Department of Military and Veterans� Affairs for the New Jersey Vietnam
Veterans� Memorial Foundation for the purpose of providing financial assistance
to complete facilities expansion, consisting of an additional 11,850 square
feet for the Vietnam Era Museum.� The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans� Memorial
Foundation commemorates New Jersey service members who served in Vietnam and
their families through storytelling that enhances public understanding of the
Vietnam War Era.

���� The Foundation serves over
10,000 New Jersey students annually.� The expansion would help the Foundation
obtain critical accreditation and recognition from national bodies and public
audiences, acquire State-of-the-art equipment to care for museum artifacts, and
deliver a premier educational experience that would attract volunteers,
tourists, and revenues to the museum and the State.�